BEA achieves new world record, escalates leadership in Java technology benchmarking

Firstly, it has achieved a new performance record featuring BEA JRockit™ 5.0_02 - topping previous results from IBM using the SPECjbb2000 Java Business Benchmark. Secondly, a BEA representative has been elected to the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) Board of Directors, further consolidating its leading role in the Java community.

SPECjbb2000, a validated industry-standard benchmark, is designed to measure the performance of Java Virtual Machine (JVM) servers running typical Java Enterprise business applications. The newly achieved record result demonstrates the ongoing leadership position of JRockit 5.0_02 as the industry's fastest Java Virtual Machine. The new BEA SPECjbb2000 result demonstrates the fastest performance, topping IBM's previous record. Running BEA JRockit 5.0_02 on a Dell PowerEdge SC1425 server with dual 64-bit Intel® Xeon™ processors delivered 105296 operations per second versus IBM's best performance of 103371 operations per second with identical Intel® 2-way processors.

WebLogic JRockit 5.0_02 has been specifically architected for use by large-scale, mission-critical, server-side applications running on high-performing Intel processor-based servers. Featuring a range of state-of-the-art capabilities, JRockit 5.0_02 is designed to help customers deploy their applications quickly and efficiently so they can achieve optimal performance. Developers using WebLogic JRockit 5.0_02 can aim for higher levels of productivity, manageability, performance and stability.

"Being rated higher than competition by experts is an ultimate recognition that will boost the position of BEA Jrockit, the world's fastest Java Virtual Machine," said Diyaa Zebian, General Manager, Middle East & Egypt, eSolutions BEA. "This endorsement will inevitably lead to greater efficiency at lowering total cost of ownership."

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) is a non-profit corporation formed to establish, maintain and endorse a standardized set of relevant benchmarks that can be applied to the newest generation of high-performance computers. SPEC develops suites of benchmarks and also reviews and publishes submitted results from our member organizations and other benchmark licensees.

BEA representative Steve Realmuto, a senior software engineer, has been elected to the Board of Directors. With this new role, BEA joins other members in managing SPEC's overall operations and the affairs of its diverse benchmarking groups.